Quotes by : Shirley Chisholm

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a....

No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and....

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because....

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field....

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere....

It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is....

I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of....